Skip The Line St Peters Basilica, Papal Tombs & Dome Guided Tour

Wonderful tour. Easy and fast entry. Charming and informative guide. Marianna was the best tour guide we had in Rome. She gets 10 stars!

Superb experience! Guide Mariana was superb, extremely knowledgeable and entertaining.

Mariana was great. Very knowledgeable about the Vatican and was able to answer all questions asked to her. Her English language command is very good.

I believe our guide was called Mariana and she was lovely! She was friendly and warm. We got a lot of information about the Vatican City and the basilica. She also was able to provide additional insight and answer questions. Overall it was a great tour and I RECOMMEND BOOKING ONE if it’s your first time. It’s overwhelming and you want to make sure you see the important things AND know what you are looking at!

Great excursion. Punctual and informative guide. Minimal wait to access the Basílica. Plenty of time to take everything in and once the tour is over you are free to remain inside and explore. My husband and I were able to attend evening mass. Highly recommend this tour as it allowed us the opportunity to access the Basílica without having to wait in a very long line.

wonderful Experience at St. Peter’s Basilica! The skip-the-line experience at St. Peter’s Basilica was definitely worth it! It saved us so much time and made our visit much more enjoyable. Great Tour Guide. The basilica itself is absolutely breathtaking, with incredible architecture, beautiful artwork, and so much history. It was one of the highlights of our trip to Rome. I highly recommend booking the skip-the-line option to make the most of your visit! *My only complaint is with the headsets, they do not stay in your ear. I recommend the company upgrade to new more efficient headsets.

Mariana was great, very knowledgeable. Meeting place a bit far away

Marianna was a fantastic tour guide! She lead us with great detail and information, took us to St Peter’s tomb and made sure we got to the line for the climb to the cupola safely. She was informative and kind.

I had a HORRIBLE experience! I got to the area about 40 minutes in advance of the tour, but the directions to the meeting point were incredibly unclear. I went round and round trying to find the location, frantically asking locals, etc. But it could not be found! So I missed the tour, after coming all this way to Rome. I called the tour operator twice and they were ZERO help. In the end, they refused to reimburse me for the cost of the tour. So disappointed.

We went on the 2:00 tour on 9/26 (sorry that I can’t remember our tour guide’s name because she was fantastic!). Everything we saw was incredible, and she had SO much knowledge about the buildings, the history, and the current events of the church. Thank you!

Mariana the tour guide was outstanding. She covered the history of St Peter’s with great knowledge.

This tour was just right for us. We were looking for a relatively brief Vatican experience as this was our 2nd vist. Our guide was excellent, pointing out many interesting historical facts along the way. Skipping that long line was key. We were able to take in much of the art and grandeur of St. Peter's with this tour that met at 9am and ended around 11 or 11:30am. We were able to stay and tour on our own after the tour concluded. It was nice being able to enter the papal tombs.

Our tour guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. St Peter's Basilica is absolutely beautiful and was one of the highlights of our trip to Rome. We were also able to see the papal tombs and climb to the top of the dome, which was an amazing experience. So much history and beauty in one place. We highly recommend this tour!

Good experience, we really skipped the lines, the guide was good and everything went well. The basilica is massive, a beuatiful design, the view from the top of the cupula is fantastic. I can recommend it.

Mariana was a fantastic tour guide. She was calm, informative, patient, and gave us so much history regarding St Peters and the tomb. Highly recommend Mariana as a tour guide for the Vatican.

Marianna was very knowledgeable. The only downside was the earpiece that we had to use. Didn’t fit our ears and it always fell off. Other than that highly recommend.

Mariana was AMAZING! She was easy to understand and very knowledgeable. She was very personable and very friendly. So glad she was our guide!

Absolutely brilliant tour of St Peter’s Basilica, the tombs and the dome with Mariana. She was fantastic – there’s something magical about understanding all the little details, stories and intricacies that you’d otherwise walk straight past without ever noticing. It made us look at the Basilica completely differently. And the dome is spectacular – definitely worth the climb! Would absolutely recommend Mariana and this tour.

Koen was an amazing and knowledgeable tour guide who readily answered our questions and kept track of our group in busy areas.

We really liked our guide on this tour! He shared just enough interesting information without dragging on. He also got us on the elevator that saved us 170 steps up to the Basilica. We're glad that we booked the tour!

excellent tour with an outstanding tour guide, Mariana. she was quite a historian and able to answer the many questions we had. we were not rushed and she made recommendations on how to get holy water since we did not bring any containers with us. would definitely recommend this tour and request Mariana!

A must see there is so much to see and it’s amazing to see all the art and designs. Everyone got something from this tour

Mariana was an outstanding tour guide for our visit to St. Peter's Basilica. She was incredibly knowledgeable and shared so much fascinating history and insight in a way that was engaging and easy to follow. Her warm, friendly personality made the entire experience even more enjoyable. We learned so much and truly appreciated her enthusiasm and professionalism. If you're visiting St. Peter's Basilica, I highly recommend taking a tour with Mariana—it was one of the highlights of our trip!

Great guide, effortless, very knowledgeable, Worst part was the heat+ waiting. Rome was 98 degrees but it was excellent

Mariana was amazing so informative and entertaining she made sure we knew the key parts and took us around. I will say in July it's brutal with the heat, we were all sweating but she was tentative and made sure to get us into the building fast and out of sun.

Not surprisingly, Viator does not make it easy to write reviews of cancelled tours. Viator cancelled our tour of Domus Aurea on 18 July at 4:00pm with one day’s notice and without any explanation. And neither we nor the concierge of our hotel could get through to Viator via the phone number provided. It is little consolation that we will get our money back as the visit was a big part of the reason to visit Rome again.

Absolutely amazing! Worth every penny! We have been on tours to the Vatican City before, but this was the best one. We Our absolutely loved it., so did our children. The tour guide did an excellent job!! I would book this tour again and will share with our family and friends.

Our tour guide Mariana provided a very informative tour. She told us interesting recap of history that would otherwise be missed out if we have done the tour by ourselves. We appreciate the Vatican more.

Very knowledgeable and thorough. Hit all the key points and artwork that we needed to know. She was great

Great experience the tour guide was very helpful but didn’t come to the very top of the dome due to personal reasons when we’d have preferred having a guide up there.

Nice tour with the friendly guide that gave a great explanatory guide throughout the whole visit. Thanks!

This was an exceptional tour and Mariana was an exceptional guide. She was very professional and did a very good job at explaining the history of St. Peter’s. I was very pleased with Mariana’s enthusiasm and joy that she carried with her self throughout the whole tour.

Our guide was amazing. She was very detailed and explained everything very well. I wish they would refund us some part of our money when they cancel part of the tour without notice. Not Viator, but the Vatican closed part of the church that would cancel the Papal Tombs part of the tour.

Very nice tour with knowledgeable guide. Worth skipping the lines

Great guide Maria, good tout.

Worth it! Mariana gave us a great tour. Do the dome climb if you can do stairs easily and not claustrophobic or afraid of heights- it’s beautiful!

The entire experience was brilliant and our guide Maria was really nice and very knowledgeable. It was one of the best guided tours that I have ever had.

Marianna wa an excellent guide. She is extremely knowledgeable about all of the Vatican history. She was extremely courteous, was able to maneuver and navigate through the large crowds and paid astute attention to her group’s needs and made sure we were all together and nobody missed seeing anything. I would definitely recommend a tour with Marianna. Be mindful that knees and shoulders need to be covered to enter all Italian churches.

Good guide. Clear information. Group in good size. Not too long tour Recommended. Good English guide

Great tour with all the best component of a great visit to the Vatican. All done at a good and manageable pace.

It was an amazing experience,our tour guide Mariana was amazing,we find out so many things about St Basilica.

Second time to the Basilica but first time for this tour and it was great! The information and tour of the tombs was amazing and new for us even though we’d been there before. The dome climb was a little challenging so people with mobility issues should not attempt it, but once on top the view was spectacular.

Mariana was an amazing and knowledgeable guide. Although there were entrance/security lines, she helped us through the expedited process. While waiting, we learned so much about the Basilica and its history. She enriched our experience!

Mariana was absolutely amazing. She was kind, knowledgeable, and moved around at the perfect pace. She stopped to let the group see things and take pictures. And she answered every question presented. We were so impressed with her and with Maya Tours. There were 13 people in our group, which included 3 teens and 1 pre-teen. She went deep enough for the adults and brought it to the level of the kids, too. We didn’t want the tour to end!!! We would use Maya Tours again.

Marianna was wonderful! She’s a natural story teller and I was so focused on her stories and narration that I hardly noticed the security line we waited in to get inside the Cathedral. The line moved quickly, and once inside, Marianna did a great job of pointing out the famous features and details of the church. I definitely recommend!

Mariana was fabulous, she’s a great guide! Wait for skip the queue was still approx 20 mins but you don’t even notice because the guide has lots of interesting info and you can chat to them!

Very good tour. I would recommend using Maya Tours. They were professional, knowledgeable and on time.

Went with Maya tours with our tour guide Mariana. She did a great job explaining all the things in St. Peter's Basilica. She was very knowledgeable and explained things clearly

The Dome climb provides incredible views. Would not recommend for those with mobility issues. Also will be difficult for those who may not be in the best cardio condition.